We Must Abolish Nuclear Weapons Essay

Nuclear weapons are destructive bombs that get their explosive power from transforming matter into energy. Nuclear weapons are classified as chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD & WMDs). Many people have speculated that their extensive power used during wars could destroy human civilization as we know it. The nations of the world have long sought ways to halt, limit, and destroy these weapons of mass destruction and keep the use of them out of wars. The program of abolishing nuclear weapons should be carried out.

There are two types of nuclear weapons. Fission weapons, also called atomic weapons or atomic bombs, do so through (fission) the splitting of the nuclei of certain isotopes in the elements uranium and…show more content…

The combination destroyed 5 square miles of the city. The initial blast also created thermal radiation and infrared radiation that caused eye injuries and skin burns. An estimated 80,000 Japanese people perished from the blast effects or initial heat radiation from the Hiroshima bomb.
In addition to the blast effects from nuclear weapons, the nuclear bombs can create deadly radiation that damages the cells of humans and other living organisms, such as radiation sickness and sometimes death. People who survived nuclear attacks are found to have a greater chance of getting some kind of form of cancer.
Scientist has theories/hypothesis that if a war happens and hundreds of nuclear bombs explode, the smoke created from fires would prevent sunlight from hitting earth creating cold weather, bad harvests, and worldwide shortage of food. Scientist has named this the nuclear winter.

In 1949, four years after America developed the atom bomb, the Soviet Union exploded its own device. For the next four decades, nuclear weapons were a part of what became known as the “cold war” between the two superpowers. The Cold War dominated world politics after World War 2. Both countries engaged in an arms race to create larger and more devastating arsenals of nuclear weapons. In addition to larger and bigger bombs, both sides created rocket-missile technology to deliver these weapons.

Eventually the United States and

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The race for nuclear weapons had begun.
Today, nuclear weapons continue to evolve in explosive power and reach. Countries like the United States and Russia spend significant amounts of their military budget to fund nuclear research towards both, defensive and offensive capabilities. Nuclear weapons are no longer a secret weapon but rather displayed to symbolize a country’s power. One of the main arguments in favor of the development of nuclear weapons is the claim that they promote security, especially…

radiation from the Hiroshima bomb.
In addition to the blast effects from nuclear weapons, the nuclear bombs can create deadly radiation that damages the cells of humans and other living organisms, such as radiation sickness and sometimes death. People who survived nuclear attacks are found to have a greater chance of getting some kind of form of cancer.
Scientist has theories/hypothesis that if a war happens and hundreds of nuclear bombs explode, the smoke created from fires would prevent sunlight from…

No other weapon in history has had both an instant and generational impact, let alone the ability that one individual could cause this much destruction.
The environmental damages from nuclear bombs have eroded not only land, but all inhabitants causing mass damage to the eco-system. The half-life of one of the by-products of a nuclear bomb, plutonium 239, is over 20,000 years. Because of this, the people who have been exposed to blast sites have been known to have serious health problems that range…

With the extreme power of these weapons, both sides tried to create defenses to the potential attacks on their countries. The United States took the first step in 1983 with what is now called the Star Wars program. Star Wars was an idea that we could send a satellite into space that would shoot lasers into either the nuclear warheads or the fuel systems of Inter-continental ballistic missiles, diffusing them in space rather than causing us harm. This program was dropped in the early 1990s when it…

Suppose a country that doesn’t value human life obtains a
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nuclear weapon. The possibility of nuclear holocaust in that situation is high and is why many countries fear the atom bomb so much. There are many different reasons why a nuclear bomb is so powerful and equally as many reasons why the American culture and society in the 21st century has been and could be affected by them.
The atomic bomb is a complex mechanism that took scientists decades to perfect. Inside an early atomic…

lack of food. In the beginning of the whole ordeal Commodore Ben H. Wyatt traveled to the Bikini Atoll to convince the Bikinians to leave their islands for the nuclear testing, he said while explaining, “For the good of mankind and to end all world wars” (Simon 29). Juda, the leader of Bikinians said, barely understanding Ben’s English, “…We will go believing that everything is in the hands of God’s” (Simon 29). The islanders so familiar with their land were whisked off to Rongerik Atoll. Rongerik…

believe that it was the nuclear weapons themselves that bled the government budget dry since the 1940’s when in fact it was many other things that had to do with the weapons that drove up costs. The exorbitant cost of deploying forces on land, in the air, under the sea, ensuring the weapons’ security, and linking them with a command and control system was in fact the main reason why so many budget funds were allocated for nuclear development. The other reasons why nuclear weapons development was so…

intention for the nuclear weapons for the NATO forces in Europe is to counteract against the Soviet’s forces. The Soviet Union has the lead in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). However, the United States counteract with the development and improvement in strategic weapons. Regional conflicts between neighboring nations become an incentive for research and development of nuclear weapons. Many nations develop nuclear weapons as a defense against neighboring weapon nations. The lobbying…

More the number of nuclear weapons made, more are the risks it poses to human life. There are scientific concepts and a long history to make nuclear weapons as they are today. Yet how they are made of is not as important as how they would work. According to Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the two atomic bombs that the US dropped on Japan created temperatures of 9,000 degrees Fahrenheit and winds of 1,000 miles per hour, killed about 210,000 people immediately. Another 160,000 are estimated to have…

be blocked with a piece of wood 1-2 inches thick. Gamma decay is the most deadly radiation. Gamma radiation cannot be stopped easily, and causes most of the damage associated with nuclear fallout; burns, cancers, and genetic mutations.
Nuclear weapons work on the principle of chaining nuclear reactions. One such nuclear reaction, fission, causes atoms to split apart. If an extra neutron is added to a heavy element it will split and emit neutrons. These emitted neutrons may hit other atoms and cause…